In the first hour, our host Kerby Anderson welcomes Jody Mow, Board Chair of Lifesavers Foundation. His next guest is Kerri Pomarolli. Kerri has a new book: “Confessions of a Proverbs 32 Woman.” Then in our final hour Kerby is excited to welcome author & Professor Lee Strobel who brings his newest book, “The Case for Hope. In between this amazing line up, Kerby will give us the latest updates from city, state, nation, & world. Please, don’t miss a minute!
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Lee’s book, The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus, became an immediate bestseller upon release 20 years ago. The Case for Christ and Strobel’s following books have sold more than 10 million units to date.
Described in the Washington Post as "one of the evangelical community's most popular apologists," has created content for dozens of popular books, curriculum products and films. Lee shared the Christian Book of the Year award in 2005 for a curriculum he co-authored with Garry Poole about the movie The Passion of the Christ. He also earned Christian Book Awards for The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith, The Case for a Creator and The Case for Grace, all of which have been made into documentaries distributed by Lionsgate. “The Case for Christ” released as a world-wide feature film from PureFlix in 2016.
Lee was educated at the University of Missouri(Bachelor of Journalism degree) and Yale Law School (Master of Studies in Law degree). He was a journalist for 14 years at The Chicago Tribune and other newspapers, winning Illinois' highest honor for public service journalism from United Press International. He also led a team that won UPI’s top award for investigative reporting in Illinois.
After investigating the evidence for Jesus, Lee became a Christian in 1981. He joined the staff of Willow Creek Community Church in 1987 and later became a teaching pastor. He joined Saddleback Valley Community Church as a teaching pastor in 2000. He left Saddleback to write books and host the national network TV program Faith Under Fire.
In addition, Lee taught First Amendment Law at Roosevelt University. In recognition of the extensive research for his books, Southern Evangelical Seminary honored him with the conferring of a Doctor of Divinity degree in 2007.
Lee's other books include The Case for Miracles(2017), The Case for Grace, In Defense of Jesus, Finding the Real Jesus, God's Outrageous Claims, The Case for Christmas, The Case for Easter, The Unexpected Adventure (co-authored with Mark Mittelberg), and Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in Marriage, which he wrote with his wife, Leslie. Lee also co-authored the Becoming a Contagious Christian course, which has trained nearly two million Christians on how to naturally and effectively talk with others about Jesus. His recent works include his first novel, The Ambition, and The Case for Christ Study Bible, which features hundreds of notes and articles.
He has been interviewed on such national TV networks as ABC, Fox, PBS and CNN, and his articles have appeared in a variety of periodicals, including the online editions of the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. He has been a recurring guest on The Bible Answer Man and Focus on the Family radio programs. He is a member of the Evangelical Philosophical Society.
Lee and Leslie have been married for 45 years and live in Texas.
Lee Strobel has already helped millions delve deeper into their faith and investigate the how and the why of what they believe. His cases for a creator, Christ, and faith are air-tight and convincing to even the most stalwart skeptic. The Case for Hope is sure to inspire and ignite hope into the hearts of those who thought they were without hope.
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She delves into the struggles of the modern woman tired of trying and failing to live up to Pinterest-looking, air-brushed, and Insta-filtered “real life” role models telling her she’s not quite good enough.
Kerri discusses and encourages readers with two things they can hold onto for longer than their smartphone: genuine self-awareness and humble God-awareness.
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